My day is starting with a hot cup of Door County Peanut Butter Crunch Coffee.
My Grandfather worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad. He retired as a section foreman. He and his crew repaired and installed track and railroad crossings. He was very proud of what he did. I used to spend some summers with my grandparents in Watersmeet Michigan. After he retired we did a lot of fishing. He preferred live bait. Minnows were his choice. We did not purchase bait. We dug our worms and trapped our minnows. The minnow ponds were in marshy areas along the same railroad tracks that he traveled and worked on for years. We would walk down the tracks to check our traps. He would tell me stories of snow storms, beaver dams, washed out tracks and rail gradients. He said he was always proud to see the tracks run straight and true. He told me that tracks were like a man. They should run straight and true. God has something to say about that also.
Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
A man like a train will get off track if he relies on lies and untruths to travel through life. Keep your train on track by being truthful. Here's to you Grandpa
God bless,
Marty
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